2017-3
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Shipping can and must do more
Greenhouse gas emissions from shipping could be cut by more than three-quarters with current technologies.
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Lowered speed – less emissions
Research has shown that fleet-wide operational speed reductions can cut ship emissions of CO2 and other harmful air pollutants by as much as 35 per cent.
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Electric ferries – a revolution underway
Norway got its first battery-powered ferry two years ago. This has set a new benchmark for a sector that has previously been wholly dependent on fossil fuels.
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Demands for ban on combustion engine
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has voiced support for the idea of banning cars with internal combustion engines sometime in the future.
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Global ship emissions calculated
A new study by the Finnish Meteorological Institute provides detailed information on ship emissions by using real-time data on international shipping traffic. It calculated that global ship emissions in 2015 amounted to 831 million tonnes ...
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EU ratifies the Gothenburg Protocol
On 17 July, the EU ratified the 2012 amendments to the 1999 Gothenburg Protocol of the Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution (CLRTAP).
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Climate protection through a coal phase-out
A immediate start to phasing power will help Germany to reach its threatened climate target to reduce emissions by 40 per cent by 2020.
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Why agriculture fails to take climate action
Abolish harmful support and subsidies, differentiate policy and communicate on-farm benefits, are some of the recommendations in a new report from OECD.
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CAP not fit for purpose
Normally the European Commission conducts fitness checks on current policy to ensure that it delivers what it what it was designed for.
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Grass-fed cattle not a climate solution
Whether grass-fed beef is good or bad for the climate is the focus of a new report from the Food Climate Research Network, entitled “Grazed and Confused?”.
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